Question juridique clé
Whether the loss was a covered theft or an excluded embezzlement under the casco AVB.
Solution extraite
The incident qualified as embezzlement under the criminal-law meaning used in the AVB, so no coverage existed.
Motifs extraits
The policy used criminal-law terms; under the reliance principle they must be interpreted according to established case law and doctrine. The driver had at least equal joint possession transferred to the wrongdoer, and the trust placed in the latter made the embezzlement characterization appropriate.